World Religions, Wednesday, 2nd Period

[preacher-custer.livejournal.com]

Sitting behind the desk at the front of the room, cowboy boots propped on its surface, is a scruffy looking man with shaggy dark hair, a goodly five o’clock shadow, jeans, a black shirt with silver collar tabs, an eyepatch over his left eye, and most importantly, a minister’s collar. He laconically watches the students file in and sit down before dropping his feet off the desk and standing up with a clipboard in hand.



“Mornin’. I’m Jesse Custer. You can call me Jesse or Reverend or Reverend Custer, but I’ve been through too many ass whoopins and too much grief to be ‘Mister.’ Remember that and we’ll be right as rain.”

He gives the clipboard to the person sitting closest to him and walks slowly around the class, looking down at each student in turn, making eye contact, taking their measure, and continuing onward.

“Religion. It’s what raises us up, and it’s sure as shit what casts us down. We sing God’s praises. We dedicate our lives to our deity’s services. We kill, torture, and destroy in His name." He smiled and amended, "Or Her name, or their names.

“We’re here to learn about your religions, and also to learn about those you aren’t familiar with. Just ‘cause I’m wearing this collar, don’t expect I’m gonna try to get y’all to convert, because my God’s a bastard and you’re better off without him.

“Today I want two things from you. When you sign in, include your religion, if you have one. If you don’t, just write none. If you’re an atheist, that’s a form of faith in my book, include it.

“Second, I want you to create your own religion. Get together with a friend or two and share your created religion. Try to convince your friend that your religion is the best way to do things. I’ll be watchin’ all of y’all, so you don’t need to worry about writing me reports for this one."

Syllabus

Comments

Pair Up

[preacher-custer.livejournal.com]

Create your religion and pick a partner. Try to get them convert. Should they give you your life savings? Forego eating the holy chickpea? Sell it.

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[nadiathesaint]

Nadia thought for a bit about what religion to create, then looked around for a partner.

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[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Gwynn looked up and spotted Nadia.

"My religious history is spotty, so this could be fun."

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[nadiathesaint]

Nadia's expression quirked into a smile. "Definitely fun. Do you want to go first?"

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[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

"My religion has no killing except for a really good reason. My symbol is shinier than yours does not constitute a good reason."

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[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

...create your own religion. Oh, this could turn out interestingly. Chad figured he could just spew out anything from Soul Society and be good as gold for this assignment.

But then that'd technically be cheating. He glanced around to find someone who might want to partner up with him.

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[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair bounced up and smiled. "Hey, man. I don't think we've met. I'm Blair Sandburg." He held out his hand to shake.

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[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad nodded, taking Blair's hand and giving it a very firm shake as should have been expected. "Yasutora Sado. But everyone calls me Chad. Nice to meet you."

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[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Likewise, Chad." Blair bounced. "Wanna partner up?"

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[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Conner flipped to a fresh page in his notebook and started scribbling a few ideas for a created religion.

Well, one note.

NO DINOSAURS.

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[janet_fraiser]

Janet leaned over and saw the note. "Why no dinosaurs?" she asked curiously.

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[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"Have I ever told you anything about the town I come from?" Conner asked. "There was about a year there where we kept getting attacked by this . . . freaky guy named Mesogog. He had an obsession with 'restoring the glorious era of the dinosaur.' No religion I make up is going to have anything to do with that."

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[janet_fraiser]

"I'm just generally against reptiles," said Janet, whose notes included the phrase 'SNAKES = ICKY.' "But it sounds like the dinosaurs alone are pretty bad. Why would anyone want to restore that kind of climate to the planet? Not to mention the fact that giant carnivorous reptiles aren't really anyone's cup of tea."

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[enginegirl.livejournal.com]

Kaylee looked around for someone to pair up with.

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[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Hey Kaylee," Cally said. "Want to partner up?"

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[enginegirl.livejournal.com]

"Sure!" Kaylee said cheerfully. "Got any ideas for this assignment?"

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[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Well, we're each supposed to be comin' up with a fake religion, right? So I think we both need ideas."

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[swerval_zero]

Zero looked around for a partner.

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[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Zero," said Elizabeth, moving to sit by her. "Partner?"

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[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy looked for someone to pair up with, and while he did he began to softly sing:

Prepare ye the way of the gourd.
Prepare ye the way of the gourd.

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[stykera]

"Gourd?" Stark asked curiously. "What gourd? And do you need a partner?"

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[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"The...holy gourd." Billy said with a wince. "yes I need a partner."

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[my-permission.livejournal.com]

Didymus looked around for someone needing a partner.

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[bookwormwood.livejournal.com]

Matilda aproached the strange... dog..? And smiled. Oh my... when did wednesday happen..? I totally missed it. "Hi I'm Matilda, what's your name?"

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[my-permission.livejournal.com]

Haha he's a fox "Ah! Greetings, My name is Sir Didymus. You may call me Didymus if you would like, milady."